Dreissena \Dreis"se*na\, n. [NL. Named after Dreyssen, a Belgian
physician.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of bivalve shells of which one species ({D.
polymorpha}) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome
in the fresh waters of Europe.
Dreissena
n : zebra mussels [syn: {genus Dreissena}]